Director

Kaiji Kawaguchi

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 554359

IMDb ID: nm0442735

Known for: Writing

Born: July 27, 1948

Age: 77

Place of birth: Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1974 - 2025

Years active: 52

Average TMDB rating: 8.33

Wikidata: Q1721423

Also known as

川口開治

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Biography

Kawaguchi Kaiji (born July 27, 1948) is a Japanese manga author whose works include Eagle and Zipang. Generally, his stories involve Japan and examine the moral choices that people make in extreme situations. He received the Kodansha Manga Award three times, for Actor in 1987, for The Silent Service in 1990, and for Zipang in 2002. He has also received the Shogakukan Manga Award, for A Spirit of the Sun in 2006.

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